Howdy, Blog Pals:

I hardly know where to start.

My mind still whirls and my heart aches for all those poor babies in Connecticut who had their lives cut short by some crazy bastard with a gun. The victims were in the same age group as my little kids; Damien 10, Wednesday 8, Daisy May 8 and Jethro 7. I can't even bear to think of anything happening to those kids. I would absolutely destroy me. And I know that as hard as it would be on me, it would be a thousand times harder on the parents. My heart really goes out to those poor parents and other family members(I'm certain that they all had doting aunties too). There are now families for whom the Christmas season will no longer be joyous but a painful reminder of the day they lost their child. It's just almost too horrible to think about.
One of the most moving stories was of one of the little victims, Jack Pinto. He was a NY Giants(brother Bubba's favorite team) fan and his favorite player was Victor Cruz. Upon hearing this, Mr. Cruz wrote on his game cleats "Jack Pinto-My Hero" and wore them in their game Sunday. He also called the family and consoled them. Aparently not all NFL stars are shallow, self centered, show boating, steroid encrusted criminals.
And naturally, the gun control issue is being dragged out. It is not the guns that are to blame, it is the looneys to get them. They closed all the booby hatches and let all the boobies out. They need to pass legislation to allow doctors, judges etc. to confine these whack jobs so that they don't have access to weapons and victims. We need nut control not gun control. But then we have the double edged sword, anyone who acts just a little bit off might be chucked into the laughing academy and we have people turning in rich Uncle Fred who is harmless but thinks he's Ethel Mermam in order to get control of his loot. I dunno what the ultimate solution is but its not more gun control laws. This only makes it more difficult for the law abiding to exercise their second amendment rights. Psychotic loosers will always be able to get their hands on firearms no matter how many or how draconian the laws are that are on the books. As someone once said, when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. And I agree with that. I know many will disagree but I respect that. This is still America and we still have the right to our opinion....so far.

Ah, well......I go now to try and get my mind off this sensless tragedy. Have a good week, everyone. And hold the children in your life just a little closer, a little tighter.


reguards
yer grieving pal
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